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APPENDIX ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS. 



Series IV. Calycinae. Perianth sepaloid, small, rigid, or herbaceous (inner 

 series subpetaloid or small). Ovary free. Endosperm copious. 



Order 185. Flagellariea?. 

 186. Juncacese. 



Order 187. Palmse. 



Series V. Nudiflorae. Perianth absent, or reduced to hairs or scales. 

 Ovary superior, carpel solitary, or if many, syncarpous, 1-oo-ovuled. Endosperm 

 most frequently present. 



Order 188. Pandaneaa. 

 189. Cyclanthaceffi. 

 190. Typhacese. 



Order 191. Aroideae. 

 192. Lemnaceae. 



Series VI. Apocarpse. Perianth 1-2-seriate, or absent. Carpels superior, 

 solitary, or if more, apocarpous. Endosperm absent. 



Order 193. Triuridese. Order 195. Naiadaceae. 



,, 194. Alismaceae. 



Series VII. Glumacese. Flowers solitary, sessile in the axils of bracts and 

 arranged in capitula or spikelets with bracts. Segments of perianth small, 

 scale-like, glumaceous or absent. Ovary 1-ovuled, or divided into 1-ovuled 

 loculi. Endosperm present. 



Order 196. Eriocauleaa. 

 ,, 197. Centrolepideae. 

 ,, 198. Bestiaceae. 



Order 199. Cyperaceae. 

 , 200. Gramineffl. 



Classification of the Thallophytes proposed by SACHS (Text-Book 

 of Botamj, English Edition, 1882). 



THALLOPHYTES. 



Containing chlorophyll. \ Not containing chlorophyll. 



Class I. Protophyta. 



Cyanopbyceae. 

 Palmellaceae (in part). 



Schizomycetes. 

 Saccharomycetcs. 



Class II. Zygosporeae. 

 Conjugating cells motile. 



Myxomycetes. 



Pandorineaa. 

 (HydrodicfcyeaB). 



Conjugating cells stationary. 

 Conjugate (including Diatomacese). | Zygomycetes. 



Class III. Oosporeae. 

 Spliaaroplea. 



Vaucheria . . . (Caeloblastce) 

 Volvocineae. 

 (Edogoniese. 

 Fuco'deee. 



rSaprolegniesB. 

 iPeronosporeae. 



